Dundaga

Dundaga
Dundagas panorāma (the castle)
Dundaga
Coordinates: 57°30′33″N 22°20′58″E
Country	Latvia
Novads	Dundagas novads
Pagasts	Dundagas pagasts
Mentioned first time	1245
Town rights awarded	1950
Town rights revoked	1990
Elevation	63 m (207 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,682

Dundaga (Livonian: Dūoņig) is a village in Courland, Latvia. From 2009 it's the administrative centre of Dundaga municipality.

Dundaga is famous for its castle from late 13th century, constructed by the Archbishopric of Riga. From the 16th until the 20th century, Dundaga Castle was the centre of the largest private estate in Courland. Most of land in this area, as well as in neighbouring areas, for many centuries until 1918 belonged to the Baron Osten-Sacken (Russian: Остен-Сакен) family, an important local Baltic-German noble dynasty. Their main seat was Dundaga castle (former name Dundagen).

The Coat of Arms of Barons von der Osten-Sacken

Dundaga Castle is connected with many fairy-tales and legends.